Akikaze no hi ni ke ni fukeba mizukuki no oka no ko no ha mo irozukinikeri

秋風の日に異に吹けば水茎の
岡の木の葉も色づきにけり

Roma-ji: Akikaze no hi ni ke ni fukeba mizukuki no oka no ko no ha mo irozukinikeri
English Translation: As the autumn wind
day by day blows ever more,
water-stalk, the hill—
on the hill, the leaves of trees
have turned color, as I see.
Meaning: As the autumn wind blows harder day by day, the leaves of the trees on the hill have also turned color.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2193

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Autumn Leaves"
This poem notices that the leaves of the trees on the hill have turned color as the autumn wind grows stronger day by day. Like 2121, "the autumn wind blows harder day by day," it takes the strengthening wind as a gauge of the deepening season; whereas that poem grieved at the bush clover falling, this one sings of leaves turning color.

The first line, "of the autumn wind," names the wind.
In the second line, "hi ni ke ni fukeba," "hi ni ke ni" means more each day.
The third line, "mizukuki no," is a pillow word attached to "hill."
The fourth line, "the leaves of the hill's trees too," names what turns.
In the last line, "irozukinikeri," "keri" expresses realization.
Source: Manyoshu
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